Intracranial capacity and brain volumes are associated with cognition in healthy elderly men

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-174

  MacLullich, A M J ^a   Ferguson, K J ^a,b   Deary, I J ^a   Seckl, J R ^a   Starr, J M ^a   Wardlaw, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Brain Imaging Research Centre for Scotland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEALTH STATUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0037162381     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.2.169     Document Type: Article

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